This is one of the other items I found on Monday while shopping in Westerville.
There's no publication date, but I think the book is at least 100 years old, based on the condition and style, and also on the clothes the kids are wearing in this picture:
There are a few little pictures and stories like this in the book, but the real treasure is all the full-page color plates.
I think this one is my favorite:
That's about half the pictures--there are also plates of a turkey, squirrels, a calf, a foal, a donkey, a "sly cat" lurking through a barn, a goat, and then pictures of a boy herding sheep and a hunting dog coming up out of a river. Aren't they gorgeous? The book has completely fallen apart, so I will have no guilt over taking some of the pictures out and framing them. They would look so sweet in an old-fashioned nursery or child's bedroom, but since we don't have any of those in this house, I'm thinking maybe in the foyer or upstairs hallway.I love framing old postcards and pages from books. When you think about how much even the cheapest generic prints from T.J. Maxx can cost, it really can be very cost-effective to find your own art and frame it. Plus, it's completely unique!
4 comments:
I am so completely envious of that book!!!!!!!! Seriously. I look for books like that in flea markets all the time but usually the illustrations are not in color. You have quite a find there.
I like the bunnies and also those little pigs! Haaa
I L-O-V-E your find, too!
Thanks for sharing some of those prints. If you don't know what to blog about one day, do share the rest of them!!
What a treasure!!!! Thanks for sharing the beautiful images.
Those plates are absolutely GORGEOUS!! What a find!
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